The fears which were expressed that revolutionary action would be the outcome of the Labour Congress just held have happily not been realized. By a striking majority the Congress has turn down the proposal for a general strike to force the government to a policy of nationalization, and in its place there is to be a great political campaign. Evidently the shell-shocked feelings of last year have given place to rational thought, and however much we may dislike the whole process of nationalization we can have no possible objection to the Labour Party engaging in the ordinary political means for its attainment. And as we are opposed to nationalization, the state of the other parties in the country must cause some anxiety. Writers in the reviews are predicting the break-up of the Coalition, and the Paisley election certainly hinted at its unpopularity. With Mr. Asquith parently we shall get back to the lays of Liberals and Unionists, with a large and powerful Labour Party as a third factor. Mr. Asquith has announced his opposition to nationalization, and the Unionists are every whit as much
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